Podolyak made the statement on Twitter.
According to him, the initiative of the International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach to allow Russians and Belarusians to participate in the 2024 Olympics in Paris is an encouragement of further Russian crimes in Ukraine.
"IOC is a promoter of war, murder and destruction. The IOC watches with pleasure Russia destroying Ukraine and then offers Russia a platform to promote genocide and encourages their further killings. Obviously Russian money that buys Olympic hypocrisy doesn’t have a smell of Ukrainian blood. Right, Mr. Bach?" Podolyak asked.
On January 27, Thomas Bach said that he supported the participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes in the 2024 Olympics, despite Ukraine's threats to boycott the Games.
On January 29, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced that he had written a letter to French President Emmanuel Macron over the possible admission of Russian athletes to the 2024 Olympics in Paris.